B: .abort( format, arg1, arg2, ... )
C: #include <sdgstd.h> void _abort(const char *format, ...);
The "format" string and other arguments are passed to PRINTF to create an error message. .ABORT outputs this error message to the terminal in TSS and to file code P* in batch. It then aborts the program. In batch, the abort code is set to 0B and a copy of the message is written to the execution report.
As a rule, .ABORT should be used for those "should not happen" conditions which indicate that there is a bug in your program. For user errors (e.g. typing mistakes in the command line which invokes your program), you should output your diagnostic messages with the ERROR function.
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